Dividing Decimals with Whole Numbers
Eva bought 5 boxes of clay for art supplies. All together, the boxes weighed 71.2 pounds. How much did each box weigh?
14.24 pounds
Daniella has 43.05 pounds of jellybeans. She wants to place them in baggies, each baggie can hold 0.75 pounds. How many baggies can she make?
She can make 58 baggies.
What is a dividend
The number being divided
3.4 divided by .02
170
23.4 ÷ 100
0.234
Delilah made 3.2 cups of cookie dough. If each cookie will use 0.2 cups of cookie dough, how many cookies can Delilah make?
What is 16 cookies
Kevin plans to ride his bike a total of 5.2 miles. He rides his bike at an average speed of 1.3 miles per hour. How many hours will it take Kevin to ride his bike the 5.2 miles
4 hours
What is a divisor
The number we divide by
.54 divided by 0.3
1.8
9.87 ÷ 1,000
0.00987
Sophia divided a ribbon that was 5.68 meters long into 8 equal pieces. What was the length of each piece?
0.71 meters
Mia had $123.30 to spend on books, if each book she buy costs $8.22. How many books would she be able to buy?
15 books
What compatible numbers should you use to estimate the quotient of 37.15 ➗ 3.79
36 ➗ 4
8.25 divided by 2.2
3.75
66.8 ÷ 103
0.0668
Justina bought one package of wrapping paper that cost $3.76 and 4 bows that cost $1.05. If she wrapped 4 identical gifts with the paper and bows, how much did it cost to wrap each gift?
$1.99
Melanie's mother spent $59.50 to buy some books for her class. Each book cost $8.50.
How many books did Melanie's mom buy?
She bought 7 books
If the divisor is a decimal, what must we do before dividing?
We move it to the right to create a whole number
0.265 divided by .05
5.3
What is the missing power of 10 to make this equation true? 42.3 ÷ 10? = 0.423
102
Grayson collects trading cards. He can buy a set of 8 cards for $16.24 OR a set of 12 cards for $24.60. He is trying to figure out which set of cards to buy. Which set is a better deal?
The set of 8 is a better deal. Each card in the set of 8 costs $2.03, and each card in the set of 12 costs $2.05.
Cozy Dreams is having a sale today. Blankets and pillows are half price. When not on sale, a blanket costs $24.20 and a pillow costs $16.80 less than a blanket. Blayke buys some pillows for $25.90. How many pillows did Blayke buy?
7 pillows
Is the quotient for 42 ➗ 0.6 greater than or less than 42? How do you know?
More than! Because 0.6 is less than 1, it's going to take more groups of 0.6 to be divided into 42.
1.397 divided by .22
6.35
Find the missing factor to make the equation true:
668 ÷ n = 0.668
1,000 or 103